# incredibly

Pronunciation: say "in-KRED-i-blee" /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/

## Adverb

1. To a great extent; extremely.
   - Simple: To a very great degree, or extremely.
   - _The final exam turned out to be incredibly difficult this year._
   - _He spoke incredibly quickly, so almost no one caught his point._
2. Used to mark what follows as surprising or hard to believe, while signaling that it is nonetheless true.
   - Simple: Said before a fact to show that it is true even though it is hard to believe.
   - _Incredibly, no one was hurt when the bridge collapsed._
   - _The team, incredibly, came back from twenty points down to win._
3. In a manner that strains belief; unbelievably.
   - Simple: In a way that is hard or impossible to believe.
   - _The witness recounted the crash incredibly, and the detectives doubted every detail._
   - _Events unfolded incredibly, in ways no one present could quite accept._

## Origin

Formed from the adjective "incredible" combined with the adverb-forming suffix "-ly".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/incredibly (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).